Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 271 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 446 g
Reihe: African Studies
A Black South African War in the Cape, 1899 1902
Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 271 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 446 g
Reihe: African Studies
ISBN: 978-0-521-53059-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The South African War 1899-1902 is no longer treated as 'a white man's war' by historians. Black South Africans were drawn into service by both sides, and the war affected the black communities in a variety of complex ways. Dr Nasson has written a closely focused regional study of the conflict in the Cape Colony, describing the dramatic participation of black people in the conduct of the war, and their subsequent exclusion from the fruits of peace. (The Abraham Esau, of the title, a patriotic coloured artisan, was murdered by Boer guerrillas.) Dr Nasson sets the conflict in the context of Cape political culture and social life at the turn of the century. This is a major contribution to South African and Imperial history.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgement; Preface; Abbreviations; Illustrations and maps; 1. Introduction: perspectives and place; 2. Colonial state, imperial army and peace-keeping; 3. The politics of patriotism; 4. Arms and patriotism: town guards and district militia; 5. Moving Lord Kitchener: military transport and supply work; 6. The Republican guerrilla war in the countryside; 7. Martyrdom, myth and memory: Abraham Esau's war; 8. Treason offenders and their antagonists; 9. Peace and reconquest; Bibliography.
